EMD Serono settles kickback suit

EMD Serono Inc. said it will pay $44.3 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid because doctors were paid to prescribe Rebif, the company’s medicine to treat multiple sclerosis, the Boston Business Journal reports.

The Rockland-based company will pay the federal government $34.6 million, and various states will split $9.7 million. EMD Serono has not admitted any improper conduct, the BBJ reports.